Links to explore with possible connections to Running Out of Time - Click here to view final products
- Life As a Pioneer in the 19th Century
- Pioneer Life in America - lots of good springboard topics, including daily life, money/supply list;
- Pioneers Webquest – might have some good photos (look at resources)
- A pioneer town to build (use to build Clifton city)
- Candlemaking
- Candlemaking Project for Children and Adults
- At Home on the Fringes of the Prairie (1800-1850)
- Pioneer Resources from Camp Silos
- 1850 Pioneer Farm (in Iowa) Photo Gallery
- Walk in the Shoes of A Frontier Girl in 1860
- Inventions that Changed our Lives
- Inventions at the turn of the century (maybe adapt – transportation, communication) http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/ccrank/webquest.htm
- Inventing Modern America: Invention Games (Which Came First and Invention Connection) http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/games.html
- Technology Impacts (and some invention ideas) http://elearning.raypec.k12.mo.us/mod/resource/view.php?id=9965
- Farming: John Deer Self-Polishing Cast Steel Plow http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/deere.html, Mechanical Reaper http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/mccormick.html,
- Inventions Made By Kids http://inventors.about.com/od/kidinventions/Inventions_Made_By_Kids.htm
- Invention at Play (Ideas for Kids) http://inventionatplay.org/playhouse_main.html
- Zoom Inventors (for Kids) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/
- Super Scientists and Energy Pioneers http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/index.html
- Ancient Inventions http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm
- 19th Century Innovation Timeline http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline/the1800s.htm
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Official Tourism Site of Indiana http://visitindy.com/
- Indiana Facts and Trivia http://www.50states.com/facts/indiana.htm
- Walking Tour (with photos) of Indianapolis’ historic Lockerbie Square http://indianapolis.about.com/od/neighborhoodshousing/ss/LockerbieTour.htm
- 1863 Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana (interactive) http://civilwar.connerprairie.org/
- Living in Indiana today http://education.iupui.edu/webquests/indiana/index.htm
- Indy 500 http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/indy500/
- American Agriculture and Farming in the early 1900’s
- Harvest of History http://www.harvestofhistory.org/explore.html: Life in a farming village (How was food produced? What role does the community play?) Interesting videos and images from an online companion to the museum.
- Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (canning, pickling, drying)
- Living on a Farm (milking cows, churning butter)
- 19th Century Clothing
- 18th Century Clothing http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm
- 19th Century Clothing for ladies, gentleman, and children http://www.ushist.com/19th-century_clothing_f.shtml
- Visiting the General Store in the 1840’s
- Old General Store Photos http://photobucket.com/images/old%20general%20store/
- Inside an Old General Store (photo) http://www.panoramio.com/photo/53492459
- Inside a General Store (photo 2) http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38355734
- Money (differences between how much things cost then and now)
- What is wood used for?During the early 19thcentury, Indiana was heavily forested with large trees. But, soon, the trees were being used for many purposes. How is wood cut from trees to make boards and furniture? What kinds of jobs involve the use of wood: (lumberjack, carpenter, construction worker) What kinds of trees are used for building different things?
- National Arbor Day Foundation www.arborday.org (how can we save trees?)
- Health and Medical Issues
- Kids Work: The history of medicine http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/hospital/history/index.html
- 19th Century Diseases (Chicken pox, Diphtheria, tuberculosis and smallpox) http://logicmgmt.com/1876/overview/medicine/diseases.htm
- Diphtheria http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/diphtheria.html
- Diphtheria http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=2863
- Measles
- Vaccinations for Children
- Flu Vaccinations for Children http://kidshealth.org/Features.jsp?lic=1&feature=30
- KidsHealth http://kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp?tracking=K_Home : search for vaccinations for a list of topics such as “A kid’s guide to health, smallpox, hepatitis, your immune system, and more)
- 19th Century Schoolhouses
- One room schoolhouse (lessons and links to photos) http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/reading-writing-and-rithmetic-one-room-schoolhouse#sect-activities
- Official website for one-room schoolhouses http://oneroomschoolhousecenter.weebly.com/index.html
- Rules of behavior in the 1900’s
- One room schoolhouses in Exeter, Rhode Island http://www.exetermemoryproject.org/index.html
- One room schoolhouse in West Virginia http://pages.suddenlink.net/wvsfm/school.html
- Little Red Schoolhouse Historical Society http://littleredschoolhousehistoricalsociety.schools.officelive.com/resourcecenter.aspx
- Pioneer Schools: A letter from a student http://www.dltk-kids.com/pioneer/letter.htm (maybe adapt to write a letter from Jessie from the story?)
- Children’s Games Now and Then
- Marbles, tug-of-war, leap frog, telephone gossip, potato sack races, 3 legged races, push the potato, string games (Jacob’s ladder)
- Games Children Played http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic30-1-2/games.html
- Thinkquest: Marbles http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110166/marbles.htm
- Thinkquest: Pioneer Games http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/games.html#hunt
- 19th Century Games from Conner Prarie http://www.connerprairie.org/Learn-And-Do/Indiana-History/America-1800-1860/19th-Century-Games.aspx
- Games Today http://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/year
- Transportation Now and Then
- Transportation (interesting formatting ideas) http://red6747.pbworks.com/w/page/8523203/Transportation%20Webquest
- Young children: Transportation (Let’s Go) http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/letsgo/
- Indiana Transportation Webquest (if you had lived in the 1800’s, http://education.iupui.edu/webquests/transportation/indtr.htm
- America on the Move: Explore the role of transportation in America http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/index.html
- Villages in the 1800’s
- Old Sturbridge Village Online Tour http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/village_tour.html
- 18th Century Life in Colonial Williamsburg (for Kids) http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/kids/visitUs/#colonialPeople
- Westward Expansion in the mid-late 1800s**
- Westward Expansion and reform (for elementary aged children) http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_subj.html
- President Andrew Jackson
- Simple biography of Andrew Jackson http://www.classroomhelp.com/lessons/Presidents/jackson.html
- Short biography of Andrew Jackson http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/people/andrew_jackson
- The White House 101 (then and now) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/ (and specifically about Andrew Jackson) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson
- Occupations
- 18th Century Colonial Williamsburg Trades http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm